Definition of "kodiak" [kodiak]

• Brown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbia (noun)
• An island off southern Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska; site of the first European settlement in the area which was founded by the Russians in 1784 (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "And as far as the geniuses who keep saying the kodiak is the largest, wrong."
• "He's called a kodiak because he hangs out down on Kodiak Island and on the Alaska and Kenai peninsulas. ""
• "My quest is to go bowhunting for kodiak bear in Alaska."